I'm slowly closing in on level 50 in Rift. It's certainly bringing me back memories from 2008 when I was leveling up my first character in Lord of the Rings Online - when each new level felt like an achievement and one step closer to the mythical max level. Coincidentally the cap was also "just" 50 in LotRO back then, so it really feels like an eerie déjà-vu.
Since ~45 or so I've tagged along with my guild, doing some lv50 invasions and crafting rifts - I could hardly hit anything and kept dying all the time, but at least I got to see places and have fun!
I'm sitting at 48 now, and really can't be bothered to quest anymore. There are tons of quests spread over several areas, so there's plenty to choose from, but now I think I'll just take it easy and grab a bit of exp from a craft quest here, an invasion there, and the occasional expert rift done with the guild.
At around lv30 I had to give up my beloved Stormcaller/Elementalist build, which had until that relied on the earth elemental pet to tank. Since I didnt' put many points into Ele the pet wouldn't have leveled up past that, so I changed my solo build to Necromancer/Warlock, which is an amazing soloing machine with decent damage and incredible survivability. I just miss the Stormcaller's skills since they have amazing sound effects - the zaps and roaring thunder from the lightning skills are just so immensely satisfying that the Necromancer's generic hissing sound effects are nothing in comparison.
Tonight we're going to try and create a guild in Rift with E Voronwë folks. No idea how I'll be able to juggle two guilds in Rift in addition to playing LotRO every now and then... but we'll see!
Oh yeah, and if you'd like to give Rift a try, please use this link to register: Rift Free Trial. I'm playing on PVE-RP Argent server, Defiant side, if you want to hook up.
Hi there,
ReplyDeleteI'm a old LOTRO player from Laurelin. I know you from LOTRO EU Community and reading your blog very long time.
My question is.. if I starting to play Rift, can I join your guild? I think your guild includes lots of lotro-player, am I right? I'm asking this cause I hate to play alone. And I want to see dungeons, raids with a nice guild, like LOTRO!
I'll be waiting for your answer dear xhii!
And I hope, we meet in the LOTRO sometime.
Levarust
Hi Levarust, thank you for your comment!
ReplyDeleteWe've only just set up the EV guild in Rift so unfortunately we're not recruiting just yet. I'll let you know if/when we do :).
So, there is a posibility of 'ever and never' recruit for me, eh?
ReplyDeleteI want to play but I won't start until the find proper and decent guild. :(
Can't you ask for me to guild leader, pretty please cherry on the top? :)
Thanks again.
Can ask but it probably wouldn't do much good :D. Besides our Rift guild only has a handful of people so if you're interested in the game you should probably look for some bigger, better and already established guild (which our EV branch currently isn't and probably won't be in a long while).
ReplyDeleteNo problem, long or not... I want to join your guild. :)
ReplyDeleteCan you ask them? :-)
Waiting for your answer... :)
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